First off, I hate the fact that when someone is unrealistic, many IMMEDIATELY think they are illit too. I hate it. :I
The part about 'realistic' groups I most hate, is that most aren't even realistic. =-=
Come on, lions do NOT have any marking at all, females don't have mane, wolves don't have markings nor mane either. Yet you will get accepted in a 'realistic' group when your char has realistic COLOURS.
I hate that fact so much. And of course, there are realistic groups that truly are realistic, and don't allow mane on female lions/wolves, don't allow markings or weird eye colours. But most are 'realistic' when the char has colours that animals could possibly have.(Brown wolf with black stripes on his paws and bright blue eyes? Totally real.)
And about illiterates, well they can be a little annoying at first... But you can always help those people to become better at RPing and all. I admit that I don't accept people who are extremely illiterate tho, but imo most people on FH are literate enough for most groups. Well, for my group. ;p
When I came on FH, I was kind of literate already since I leant RPing on wolfquest. Together with spelling harder English words since you HAD to spell everything right there.
But I never was realistic. I just CAN'T make realistic chars. My main char is a little pink lion with blue mane, srsly. And I hate it that people just always think: "Unrealistic lion, she must be illiterate too."
It just makes me so angry. But the group I have(All species accepting extremely unrealistic group) has so many great LITERATE and UNREALISTIC people in it. I have some people which are a bit more illiterate, but I help them and nobody is bothered by them at all. :3
(I know it is a little bit long ago this topic started, but I just HAD to give my opinion on this. :I)